Mental health professionals holding the medical perspective view mental disorders to be the
result of
a. intrapsychic conflict.
b. malfunctioning of the brain and nervous system.
c. learned maladaptive behavior patterns.
d. oversensitivity to the demands and criticisms of others.
e. one of four body humors or a combination thereof.
b. malfunctioning of the brain and nervous system.
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A false belief that is firmly and consistently held despite contradictory evidence or logic is a ____
a. distortion b. loose association c. delusion d. hallucination
Tim feels that he has worked very hard to get his promotion. However when his last sales pitch did not end up in a sale he attributed the failure to the fact that the company he was "pitching to" was having financial difficulties. Tim's behavior is an illustration of __________
a. the actor-observer effect c. the self-serving bias b. the foot-in-the-door technique d. a fundamental attribution error
The key feature of any mental disorderis the extent to which it is
a. abnormal. b. unusual. c. a departure from established norms. d. maladaptive. e. unpredictable.
One's general description of themselves is termed:
A) self-esteem. B) self-image. C) self-evaluation. D) self-representation.